UK songwriter Tim Jackson has released “Can’t Stop The Rain,” the lead offering from his forthcoming full-length album, “Putting In The Hours.” Having recently walked away from a long-held day job to pursue music full-time backed by a fresh global distribution deal via Universal Music the classically trained multi-instrumentalist harnesses decades of classic FM-dial warmth. The song unfurls like an intriguing thought experiment: what...

DJ AB’s “YNS Cypher 2025” has swaggered into existence. Not a gentle arrival, mind you, but more the auditory equivalent of a conquering legion setting up a very loud, very confident camp. This isn't background hum for a Tuesday afternoon; it’s a full-colour, high-decibel assertion from the Northern Nigerian hip-hop vanguard, a yearly planting of the YNS flag. DJ AB, the central current, is...